Research Reports


Farmers' Performance Criteria for New Barley Varieties and their Diffusion through Farmer-to-Farmer Seed Distribution.

Constraints to Technology Adoption by Small- and Medium-Scale Farmers in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas of the Maghreb.


Water benchmarks of CWANA project. 1. Characteristics of benchmark research agroecosystems in WANA: rainfed, irrigated, and marginal drylands.

Water benchmarks of CWANA project. 2. Selection and characterization of Badia watershed research sites.

Socioeconomic and livelihood characterization, and baseline information of integrated research sites in Balochistan.

Mapping Agricultural Income Distribution in Rural Syria: A Case Study in Linking Poverty to Resource Endowment.

Ex Ante Assessment of Agricultural Technologies for Use in Dry Marginal Areas: The Case of the Khanasser Valley, Syria.

Adoption and Impact Assessment of Improved Technologies in Crop and Livestock Production Systems in the WANA Region.

Assessing the Economic Impact of Durum Wheat Research in Morocco

Major Native Plant Species in Khanasser Area, Syria

Supplemental Irrigation in Iran: Increasing and Stabilizing Wheat Yield in Rainfed Highlands. On-Farm Water Husbandry Research Report Series No.5

Assessing On-Farm Water-Use Efficiency: A New Approach.

Rainfed Wheat Productivity with Supplemental Irrigation in Al-Hasakeh, Northern Syria. On-Farm Water Husbandry Research Report Series No. 4. 2005.

Micro-catchment Water Harvesting for Improved Vegetative Cover in the Syrian Badia. On-Farm Water Husbandry Research Report Series No. 3. 2004.

Sheep Husbandry at the Cultivated Margin of the Northwest Syrian Steppe.

Faba Bean in China: State-of-the-Art Review

Seed-borne Pests and Diseases of Faba Beans (Vicia faba)

Economic Returns from Improved Wheat Technology in Upper Egypt.

Challenges for the Agricultural Sector in Developing Mediter-ranean Countries


Supplemental Irrigation

Wheat Productivity Under Supplemental Irrigation in Northern Iraq

Water Harvesting
Adoption of Improved Wheat Technology in the Sudan: Survey Results

Mapping Rural Poverty and Natural Resource Constraints in Dry Areas


Groundwater Use and Supplemental Irrigation in Atareb, Northwest Syria

The Effect of Fertilizer Use on Rain-fed Barley: A Case Study from Syria

Can Pastoral Institutions Perform Without Access Options?

Collective Action, Propert Rights, and Devolution of Rangeland Management: Selected Examples from Africa and Asia

Sustainable Development of Small-Scale Farmers of the Taurus Mountains of Turkey

Supplemental Irrigation Potential for Wheat in the Central Anatolian Plateau of Turkey


An Agroecological Exploration of the Arabian Peninsula

Sheep Management Practices in Iraq, Jordan and Syria: the Case of Reproduction and Fertility

Impact of Modern Agricultural Technologies on Durum Wheat Production in Syria

The Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Grass Pea Consumption and the Incidence of Lathyrism in Ethiopia

Drought, Livestock Losses and the Potential for Feed Production from Arable Land in Afghanistan: A Case Study of 183 Villages with Mixed Crop/Livestock Farming Systems